Rural Payments Agency

Francis Maude: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the Duchy of Lancaster received from the Rural Payments Agency in the last financial year for which figures are available.

Edward Miliband: The Rural Payments Agency paid the Duchy £27,013.77 in relation to the Single Payment Scheme 2007. This is in respect to land held by the Duchy to protect the receipt if such payment for future tenants when the land is let.